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Mining & the mines, 1892

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Public Opinion. the Mining Laws. (To the Editor' of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 7

Sir,--Permit me space in your valuable paper to express some new ideas concerning the mining laws. .Mining on Crown lands, church and school and private lands should…

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West Australia. the Goldfields

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1892 · page 5

PERTH, Wednesday.--The Government Geologist reporting to the Government on the Kimberley goldfields, states that there is every reason to believe the field will be one…

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Miners' Troubles. Associated and Non-associated Collieries. Basis of the Proposed Agreement

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 6

Newcastle, Thursday.—The miners at the Bur wood Colliery resumed work yesterday, and with the single exception of Wallsend Colliery the whole of the associated pits are working…

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Miners' Troubles

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

Newcastle, Friday.—At a meeting of the A. A. Co.'s sea pit miners a resolution was carried by 62 votes to 58 that the Wallsend miners resume work, and that the dispute be referred to…

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Moonta Miners

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 3

Adelaide, Friday.—A miner named Hannibal, reported as having worked at Moonta without leave, explained at a meeting of the Moonta miners yesterday that this action was necessary…

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The Newcastle Collieries. Meeting of the Miners' Delegate Board. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 5

The West Wallsend miners having declined te resume work at the rates now paid by the associated collieries, they were requested by the management to remove their tools from the pit this morning, and…

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The Moonta Miners' Strike

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday. -- At the meeting of the Moonta, miners to-day a resolution was carried that pickets be compelled to carry out their duties according to the roll call, and…

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Queensland. Mount Morgan Mine

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- A report on the Mount Morgan mine for December shows that 1300 men were employed during the mouth. They raised 6800 tons of stone,…

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The Northern Coal Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 4

The joint committee of the associated and non-associated Northern colliery proprietors, consisting of Mr. T. Gregson, Mr. H. M. Keightly and Mr. Dunnymeade…

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More Gold in Ireland

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 4

London, January 7.—Gold has been discovered on the Earl of Belmore's estate at Ballantrim, Co. Tyrone, Ireland. [Coal has been worked in County Tyrone for…

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The Coal Difficulty. Newcastle

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 6

The Miners Delegate Board has been sitting all day privately, and at the time of wiring is still sitting. Nothing has as yet transpired, and things regarding the coal…

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Our Special Mining Letter. New Auriferous Country. Continued Development of Quartz Reefs. Nelligen and Its Surrounding Mines

Evening News · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 7

When the report of the Mining Department for the year 1891 comes to be issued it should show an enormous increase in the number of gold reefs which are being worked throughout the country…

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Great Eukaby Silver-mining Company

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night. -- The Great Eukaby Silver Company of South Australia is being re-formed, with a share capital of £65,000…

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Gold Discovered in Ireland. London, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 5

Gold has been discovered on the Earl of Belmore's estate at Ballantrim, Tyrone…

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The Moonta Miners' Strike. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 5

At a meeting of the Moonta miners, a miner named Hannibal, who is reported as having worked at Moonta without leave, explained that this action was necessary in order to keep others at…

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The Broken-hill Water Supply Company. the Mines Department in Reply

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 4

In reference to the charge made in yesterday's issue of The Daily Telegraph by the secretary of the Brokon-hill and District Water Supply Company that the Mines…

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The Coal Trade. the Wallsend Strike. The Hewing Rate. NEWCASTLE

The Australian Star · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 5

The following decision has been arrived at by the Miners' Delegate Board:--"That in accordance with the voice of the district lodges it has been resolved that the…

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The Difficulties in the Coal Trade. the Wallsend Strike Endorsed. a Ballot on the Reduced Hewing Rate

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 January 1892 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Matters in connection with the difficulties in the coal trade have assumed a more definite shape, inasmuch as a decision has been arrived at…

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The Newcastle Collieries. Miners' Troubles

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 15

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday— Work was resumed at the Greta Colliery yesterday, and the Burwood is expected to recommence work, thus leaving only the Wallsend Associated Colliery idle…

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Managers' Reports. Baker's Creek Consolidated Gold Mine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 January 1892 · page 25

December 26: The north drive at the Primrose shaft has been driven a farther distance of 12 feet; total distance from shaft, 163 feet. The reef is from 1 foot to 18 inches wide, carrying a…

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